The Mirror Man, Lars Kepler’s eighth novel about Joona Linna, is No. 1 also this week on Norway’s official bestseller list for paperbacks.
The eight-part Norwegian drama series Nach (After Party) is co-created by Anne Bjørnstad, Head of Drama at Rubicon, Ernst De Geer and Mads Stegger. De Geer and Stegger are the series’ writers and De Geer is also directing together with Fanny Ovesen.
Nach follows university dropout Selma. After being thrown out of her share house, Selma moves in with her half-sister Elin and her boyfriend August, only to find herself growing increasingly caught up in her feelings for August. The drama unravels during eight very different after parties throughout the summer.
The coming-of-age drama Nach is produced by Banijay-owned scripted label Rubicon and will premiere on Discovery+ in the Nordics March 25.
Niclas Larsson is one of the nominees for The Directors Guild of America’s annual award that honors the outstanding directorial achievement in feature films, documentary, television and commercials of the prior year. Niclas Larsson is shortlisted for his commercials See the Unseen (for Volkswagen) and The Parents (for Volvo).
The winner in each category will be announced on April 10th, 2021.
Photo: Katrine Rohrberg
Danish screenwriter Maja Jul Larsen graduated from Denmark’s National Film School in 2007 and has since then made a rapid rise in the film and TV industry. She has worked on some of the biggest Danish TV dramas, including the international sensations Borgen, Follow the Money and The Legacy.
In 2020 Jul Larsen made her debut as creator and head-writer with the acclaimed and awarded Cry Wolf. The gripping family drama was an immediate viewer ratings hit, was lauded in the Scandinavian press and is now sold to over 40 territories. Cry Wolf was selected in competition at Series Mania, won a Golden Eye for ‘Best Drama’ at the Zurich Film Festival and won five awards at the Danish Film Awards including ‘Best TV Series.’ Jul Larsen also emerged as the winner of the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for her “outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series.”
Currently, Jul Larsen is working on Borgen season 4 for DR and Netflix, and developing her next TV series.
David Sundin makes another appearance at No. 1 on the official Swedish bestseller list for children’s books, placing first with The Book That Did Not Want To Be Read. The paperback list’s No. 1 meanwhile goes to Anne Holt’s A Necessary Death and the e-book No. 1 to Jens Lapidus’ The No-Go Zone.
Lars Kepler and Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger reprise their placements on last week’s paperback bestseller list, coming in at No. 1 with The Mirror Man and No. 2 with Unhinged respectively. The e-book list meanwhile sees two names making a comeback: Katrine Engberg with The Tenant, which places at No. 3, and Anders de la Motte with Rites of Spring, which places at No. 4.
The new crime drama Huss is a series of five films starring Karin Franz Körlof as the daughter of the iconic detective Irene Huss, the protagonist of twelve classic films based on the novels by Helene Tursten.
A fresh graduate of the Swedish police academy, Katarina Huss has just started her job patrolling the streets of Gothenburg. But there’s more to the work than just solving crimes, as Katarina will discover. Besides getting to know her new colleagues and the local community, she must also win the support of her mother, Irene, who isn’t convinced by her daughter’s choice of career.
Jörgen Bergmark is the director and writer of the series together with Anna Platt, Hans Jörnlind and Peter Lindblom.
Huss premieres March 19 on Viaplay across the Nordic region.
It’s now official that Hans Rosenfeldt’s When Crying Wolf has sold more than 100.000 copies in Sweden alone. For this achievement, Hans received the “Norstedtaren” – a trophy from his publishing house Norstedts.
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s The Prey is the winner of the 2020 Blood Drop Award for ‘Best Crime Novel of the Year.’ The Blood Drop Award is an Icelandic crime fiction award, annually presented by the Crime Writers of Iceland association and the winner becomes the Icelandic nomination for the Glass Key, an award given annually to a crime novel from one of the Nordic countries.
British daily newspaper The Times has compiled a list of the best thrillers and crime novels of 2021 so far. Featuring on the high-profile list are Katrine Engberg and Stina Jackson, with The Butterfly House and The Last Snow respectively.
The Times on The Butterfly House: “Original and absorbing. [Katrine Engberg] is a name to look out for.”
On The Last Snow: “A gripping novel, full of love and dread, that leaves you reeling when the killer of one of Sweden’s richest men is revealed.”
Croatia, Ibis Grafika
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Latvia, Zvaigzne ABC
Two-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Netherlands, Bruna
Three-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Czech Republic, Host
Closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Slovakia, Ikar
Closed by Emma Granberg
Italy, Nord
Closed by Federico Ambrosini
– De Telegraaf
Entertainingly enough the biggest emotions are here hidden within the smallest of actions, that are also hugely relatable. /…/ The questions it raises are many, the tone is light and the plot firmly down to earth – however flavoured with an astounding psychological insight.
– Familiejournal
Roslund builds an incredibly exciting story that kept me up way too long because I wanted to know how it ends.
– Expressen
Amazingly good, of course. /…/ [Some series] really are so incredibly good that you want nothing else but for them to continue.
– Kapprakt
The Devil’s Trick is, exactly like the other Hoffman & Grens novels, a really cleverly told story. With a combination of social engagement, psychological depth, and action, Anders Roslund shows who is the boss of suspense novels.
– Ljudboksklubben
A touching and poignant tale of an aging father and his middle-aged daughter, exploring themes of nurturing and reconciliation, and the profound layers of life often hidden from those closest to us – a story about love, and about making things right, before it’s too late.